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...more moderate resolution passed easily after more than an hour of passionate--but not contentious--debate. The resolution said that MCAS is unfair to students in special and vocational education programs and to bilingual students. The resolution also said students' graduations should be determined by many other criteria, like projects and portfolios, and not just by the MCAS tests...
This year--for the first time--tenth graders statewide will have to pass the MCAS to graduate. If they fail in tenth grade, they can try again in eleventh and twelfth grades...
Simmons said she worries that the fear of failing MCAS could drive students who are struggling in school to drop out altogether...
School officials in Cambridge estimate that more than one-third of high school students will be unable to pass the MCAS test--and thus be unable to graduate. Last year, for example, 39 percent of tenth graders failed the math test...
Cambridge Superintendent of Schools Bobbie J. D'Alessandro has been critical of state education officials for using MCAS as the sole requirement for graduation. She said last night she has "mixed" feelings on MCAS and supports the resolution's call for other kinds of evaluations...